Screen lock does not work by default
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xfce4-utils (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Lionel Le Folgoc |
Bug Description
xfce4-utils needs to depend (not recommends) on xlockmore (or a similar application) in order for the screen locking functionality to work properly.
Currently, xlockmore is set at "recommends" and this is not acceptable.
The logic is:
DEPENDS = "Needed to function correctly"
RECOMMENDS = "Additional useful functionality but not required for basic use"
The ability to lock a desktop is essential to desktop security, and therefore needs to be ear-marked as a required application, and not an optional application.
While I understand that, by default, *buntu marks recommends as well as depends for installation, the developers must realize that this setting can and will be over-ridden by users that, like myself, either do not want, or do not have the spare resources for, extraneous applications that do nothing but waste space.
In 8.10, xfce4-utils recommends xlockmore
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.
Since screen locking does not work unless xlockmore is installed, this needs to be changed to a "depends on" item. Xfce has no default screen locking unless the screensaver activates, with at least one minute required and more recommended for the timeout on it. xflock4 will not activate without having xlockmore installed. This allows instant screen locking, important on a portable when you are closing the lid.
Thanks for helping improve Xubuntu.